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Examined the use of technology by educators and public health professionals to provide sex education to teenagers, following a CDC report that found that the teenage birth rate increased for the first time in 15 years in 2006.

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When Deb Levine, founder of Internet Sexuality Information Services, noticed her students constantly sending text messages in class, she thought why not take advantage of a technology young people are so comfortable with to communicate about a subject tha

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K. Oanh Ha reports on how video games, text messages and the internet form a "trifecta" of entertainment for many teens today, and how health educators are finding ways to use those tech tools to shape the sexual health of youth at Sex:Tech 2008.

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The recent Sex::Tech conference, sponsored by the Internet Sexuality Information Services and SF State’s National Sexuality Resource Center, turned health educators from all over North America into students focused on tech's role among Generation Y.

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"We were happy to hear today that Sex::Tech Conference 2008 (sponsored in part by yours truly, Condom Man) was a great success that fueled a tremendous amount of media attention and publicity for their campaign to promote safe sex in America."

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The videos, designed by young people to highlight the confusing messages they receive about sex, were shown Tuesday at the kickoff of the novel "Sex::Tech" conference in San Francisco.

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"The youth are the early adopters... looking for information on sex online and on... cell phones... let's make it available to them in a legitimate way," said Deb Levine, founder of ISIS and organizer of this week's SexTech conference.

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Over 300 youth, sexual health educators, academics, and technology experts gathered in SF Jan 22-23 for the groundbreaking Sex::Tech: Focus on Youth conference organized by Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS) and the National Sexual

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"Contrasting the facts on sex ed with with two lovers who are about to engage in safe sex." Be sure to vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest/

Tags: sex_ed, sex_education, sexual_education, sexual_health, opinion, health, families, parenting, parents, family, commercials, commentary, video, youth, youth_media, public_health, education, teen, teens, teenagers, adolescence, adolescent, adolescents on 2008-01-14 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"A girl becomes frustrated after her parents tell her not to think about sex." Be sure to vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest/

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This is a trailer for a movie about a teacher who teaches what they don't normally teach you in Sex Ed. Be sure to vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest/

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"Many personal questions go unanswered [as young people,] too embarrassed to ask [them, are] bombarded with sexual imagery." Vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest

Tags: sex_ed, sex_education, sexual_education, sexual_health, opinion, health, families, parenting, parents, family, commercials, commentary, video, youth, youth_media, public_health, education, teen, teens, teenagers, adolescence, adolescent, adolescents on 2008-01-14 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Sex Ed class tattooed two things in my mind: If you have sex, you'll get a disease and die; if you must have sex, use a condom" Vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest

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"Quit it with the abstinence stuff already." Be sure to vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest/

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Conflicting messages combined with sensitive subject matter too often overlooked creates confusion. Vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest

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"A teen takes his father's sexual metaphors too literally." Be sure to vote by January 16, 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest/

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"This is the group's reflection of common sex ed experiences and their vision how Sex Ed should be delivered." Vote by Jan 16 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest

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"I had a sex ed class in high school and it was terrible. The teacher taught us things we already knew." Vote by Jan 16 2008 for your favorite entry in the Fresh Focus Video Contest! www.dogooder.tv/freshfocusvideocontest

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Vote for your favorite entry in our "Why Is Sex So Interesting and Sex Ed So Boring?" contest. Winners announced Jan 22 at Sex::Tech, the Inaugural STD/HIV Prevention Conference focusing on Youth and Technology (www.sxtechconference.org)

Tags: health, sex_ed, sex_education, parenting, sexual_education, sex_health, sexual_health, teens, teenagers, abstinence, comprehensive_education, youth_media, youth_voices, adolescent, adolescence, adolescents, pregnancy, STD, STDs, STI, STIs, birth_control on 2008-01-09 -All Annotations (0) -About

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